ON CONVERSION

The questions I have raised in an international Web Forum and the answers I have received. Please view this with an open mind. More questions and answers will follow” -


QUESTION: Is not conversion a heinous and shameful act and a violation of the law of creation?

More on this question: -As the son of a Christian priest I have observed Harijans being converted to Christianity on inducements. Those days T Vs were not present. A Bishop assigned to this job would visit the Church and he would place on a Black Board, pictures of Jesus Christ in action and talk about His noble preaching and love. At the end clothes will be distributed to the poor people. Many will choose to get converted to Christianity anticipating conversion rewards but it was not based on faith, but on need. What happens afterwards? They will refuse to join the congregation as they were still segregated. The Church stood on a hill and the cemetery was in layers – up to down. The bottom layer was allotted for these converted low cast Harijans. They were known then as Pulayas and Parayas and were living in abject poverty – sometimes eating animal carcasses and leftovers. Gandhiji named them Harijans and gave them some deserving consolation. I put this question in this context!



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Forced conversion is always wrong. No one should join any religion unless they are actually convinced of its veracity or have a heartfelt belief therein.

Not exactly! It would be unloving if someone kept the enjoyment of God from others
Of course there are loving ways of talking to people and unloving ways, and the Bible commands us to speak the truth in love

I do question it because conversion is usually done by promises in which man should not be making. It is also done by fear, "believe in God, or go to hell." I feel it should be a personal relationship, and not done in fear.

Conversion is never by inducement, allurement or by force. It is always by heart. The problem is that in our country the downtrodden are paid no attention, neither by the main religions nor by the government. Christianity has taught this country, education, health and lifestyle. In Orissa Rev. Stein used to provide Brasiers to the naked Adivasi ladies and under garments to the people. He taught the people to wear clothes, bathing and keeping neat and clean. He provided education also to the downtrodden and neglected tribe. In this way many converted to Christianity by their free will. Do you call it forcible converting? If some high cast does not like conversion to Christianity, they should do all goods to the people, that Christians are doing. Are these people serious about the plight of the non-Christians who are allegedly being converted? Do they take care of them? Do they provide them livelihood? Do they take care of health of the poor people? Are they arranging education and healthcare for these people? No! Further, Is conversion illegal? Every citizen of India has a right under Article 25 of the Constitution of India to profess any religion he likes. If I want to profess Islam, who can forbid me from doing so? If I want to convert to Hinduism, will Hindus resist?
Further, this is a hollow propaganda by the anti-Christian forces that Christians are converting Hindus to Christianity. They blame that Christians are engaged in paying money for conversion. Is it not ridiculous? Can any body change one's religious feelings by giving money or kind? No. Come on! Pay me a million dollars, I shall convert to your religion, but can you change my heart?
I know a court case, wherein antichristian forces got filed a case by a Hindu alleging that a pastor has converted him to Christianity by force. While cross-examining the lawyer asked, " Were you made Christian? "Yes" he replied. "Are you now Christian or Hindu?" No. I am still Hindu" he replied. The judge acquitted the pastor on the plea taken by the lawyer I e "If the complainant is still a Hindu, it means he has not been converted". So to say that conversion to any religion cannot be effected by force, allurement or inducement.
Again a thing! The religious meetings and function are being disturbed and interfered by the antichristian forces. Administration keeps mum. I say do these forces have right to disturb the religious meetings an functions? Have they right to beat up and punish the Christians. This is a job of Judiciary. If they find any illegal conversion, they should initiate legal proceedings against the accused! Only the judiciary is to punish the culprit. Therefore I do not believe in "Conversion by inducement". Conversion is neither heinous nor shameful nor violation of law.

Trying to buy a human into a religion or practices is certainly devilish. At the same time looking for buyers is equally mean. In an ideal society, people should be free to practice their harmless beliefs and children should be free to challenge their parents' beliefs.
Mother Teresa's argument favouring job reservations for Harijan Christians proves that conversions did not improve social status but certainly created division in the society.

There is no harm in allowing a willing person to convert to other faith. When we are born we do not know what we have to practice. A faith is just thrust upon us by our parents, though in the later part of our lives we may realise the uselessness of the religion we may be following. In my humble opinion, the people who do not allow freedom to follow one's path are actually doing a very heinous crime themselves. God will never forgive them, I know for sure.

Conversion is not wrong according to any law. Primarily conversion is God's natural law, where all convert into another, being for example Chemical conversion. When you are talking about Christians converting the Harijans to their religion is wrong, here is my point. Were there Brahmins in our country before the Aryans invaded India? After their coming religion and casteism started. Then those who find truth in what they study and find it to be right logically, they can accept. Seeing the dirty side of suffronisation and it's doing Dr. Ambedkar converted into Buddhism. We are here on earth for some time then we have to face eternity of hell and heaven. So we have to seek God. And one finds his God to be one he can believe. If not go to seek Him and find him, because it is matter of eternity. But if Christians are doing force conversion then they are violating the human personal law. Indian constitution forbids force conversion: not voluntary conversion based upon his/her knowledge

Well if you wanna know the reality behind Steines and Mother Teresa and all those missionaries just log on to www.hinduwisdom.info . Forced conversions are a crime against humanity. These Christians have also created many plans for the conversion of the whole world to Christianity. Tell me if Christians are "secular" then why do they convert? Why? Why can't they simply mind their own business. If they have the guts then why don't they preach their religion, spread the "gospel" in Islamic countries where "Sharia" is practiced. Why? Their is only one reason to it:- the Muslim whether he is a beggar or a prime minister is too proud of his religion. He will die fighting but will never convert. Please, don't get carried away by the answer of people like "ghudu". Well if Graham Steines was interested in helping the Harijans, the poor, then why , why did he bring Jesus in the middle? Why did he ask Christians to bring non-Christians into the forests for bible lessons.

If you want to know the truth about these people then please log on to:-

Www.christianaggression.org
Www.hinduwisdom.info
Www.theconversionagenda.blogsp...
Www.pseudosecularism.blogspot....
Www.cpmterror.com
Www.organiser.org
Www.hindujagruti.org

Creation did not create religion. It was evolved by humans for their convenience to achieve the ultimate goal of Moksha. So conversion from one faith to another is only your trial and fail method to reach your goal. What is wrong with it.But if you are talking in western world's perspective then things would be different and it would have an altogether different connotation for eastern world